JADEN.
The second the office door slammed shut behind us, I rounded on him.
“What the f**k was that, Kellan?” I snapped, “Engaged? Father of her child? What kind of bullshit...”
Kellan didn’t flinch.
He calmly set his briefcase on the nearest chair and loosened his tie like I was a toddler throwing a tantrum.
“Calm. The hell. Down,” he said slowly. “If I hadn’t stepped in, they were five minutes away from voting to suspend you. You think your board will hand an eighteen-billion-dollar security contract to a man who can’t even keep his d**k out of the news?”
I paced hard across the room, dragging both hands through my hair.
“I don’t give a s**t about—”
“You should,” he cut in sharply. “Because what’s at stake is not just your name. It’s Ravenhold. It’s your father’s empire. It’s th
